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HORSE-TRADING has been a common practice in Pakistan's legislative mechanism for years. To gain a majority in the house, a lot of money is spent on buying the votes.

The most recent example of it was seen when 14 members of the opposition cast vote in favour of government-backed nominee as chairman of the upper house last year.

This horse-trading can only end with the help...

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